Special offer. Adams & Korngold: Violin Concertos
Ilya Gringolts (violin)
Copenhagen Phil, Julien Salemkour, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Gringolts plays with a ferocity that - in tandem with taut rhythmic control - adroitly avoids even the slightest hint of frenzy. And yet, for all its intensity and firmness of grip, there's...
Special offer. Adams & Korngold: Violin Concertos
Ilya Gringolts (violin)
Copenhagen Phil, Julien Salemkour, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
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Gringolts plays with a ferocity that - in tandem with taut rhythmic control - adroitly avoids even the slightest hint of frenzy. And yet, for all its intensity and firmness of grip, there's...
About
Sought-after violinist Ilya Gringolts has selected two very different concertos for this collaboration with Copenhagen Phil, but both have an emphasis on melody.
Young Finnish conductor Rouvali is the Principal Guest Conductor of the CPhil and Chief Conductor of Gothenburg Symphony.
This album follows on from the critically-acclaimed Beethoven series by CPhil that has received enthusiastic reviews worldwide.
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Awards and reviews
July 2017
Gringolts plays with a ferocity that - in tandem with taut rhythmic control - adroitly avoids even the slightest hint of frenzy. And yet, for all its intensity and firmness of grip, there's an equally riveting sense of spontaneity to is playing, too - particularly in Adams's Concerto...The Korngold Concerto is similarly convincing. Gringolts is rapturous where appropriate but finds an unusual element of playfulness.
18th June 2017
the genius of this coupling is in reversing that cliché about the Viennese composer: “more corn than gold”...Gringolts, with superb technique and focused tone, is well served by the orchestra and both conductors.
6th April 2017
[The Adams Concerto is] played with authority and spark by Gringolts...Korngold’s 1947 concerto – this one conducted by Julien Salemkour – is an even better showcase for Gringolts, whose strikingly expansive lyricism keeps schmaltz at bay.
July 2017
His tone is sweet, but with an edge of tart freshness; his bowing is lithe, and interpretatively he finds the depth behind the music’s glitzy exterior without recourse to exaggeration
Classical Music July 2017
Gringolts’ way [with the Adams concerto] is direct, brusque even sometimes and…it’s a cogent and entertaining reading. In the Korngold, Gringolts faces more competition; but his measured approach works better here, and the playing of the Danish orchestra is truly winning.
Classical Ear 1st June 2017
Gringolt’s coupling is another compelling performance, an account of the Korngold Concerto that marries sweetness and wit to a brand of sentiment that never stoops to mere ‘Heifetz-imitation’- always a temptation in this piece. His account of the central ‘Romance’ is among the loveliest we have had in recent years